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rumors travel faster than facts for a reason
Corrections never spread as far as the original rumor. That's not a flaw in human nature. It's a survival bias that made sense for most of history and now runs wild at internet speed.
Tag: trust
Tribe
why we trust people who look like us
It happens before you've said a word to someone. A flicker of ease, of familiarity, based purely on how they look. This isn't a character flaw. It's an old shortcut that used to keep you alive.
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gossip kept our ancestors alive
It's shallow, it's catty, it's what people do when they have nothing real to say. Except that for most of human history, knowing what everyone was up to was one of the most important survival skills you had.